BE 03/1, 117 (P105669)

Administrative tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 11659

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Account of expenditures of corn & wheat; (Obv)(i)9x(ii)8x(Rev)(iii)24x(iv)11 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [...] sze gur
2. [...] 2(asz)# ziz2 gur
3. [...]-x-ta
4. [...]-x ki ur-[...] x bappir-ta
5. [n] ziz2# gur ki ur#-[...] dub#-[x]
6. [n] 2(u)# 1(asz)# [n gur ki ...]
7. [n] 4(u)# 2(asz)# [n gur ki ...] x [...]
  rest broken
column 2
1. iti bara2-za3-gar-ra-sze3#
2. iti-bi 1(u) 2(disz)-am3
3. 1(u) 3(asz) sze gur nig2# ezem-ma tum-al
4. 4(barig) 4(ban2) sze 3(barig) 3(ban2) ziz2
5. nig2 ezem-ma didli
6. n 5(u) 5(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) sze gur
7. [x] kikken2#? u2#-IL2# x u3 amar-ku5
8. [sza3] bala#?-a-ta
9. [x] x-[x]-sze3
10. [...]-AN
11. [...] x a-gur-ra
12. [...]
13. [...]-ta#
14. [...]-bi# 8(disz)-am3
15. [...]-KA
  blank space
16. [n] sze gur munu4 sar#
17. [...] x ur#-{d}nusku
18. [...]-x-ra
19. [...]-x
reverse
column 1
1. [...]
2. n sze# x a2 lu2 hun-ga2 e2-ku3#-babbar2
3. 1(asz) gur i-ta
4. 1(asz) gur za#-ni#-a
5. 1(asz) gur# {d#}en#-lil2#-[...]
6. 1(u)# 5(asz)# 2(barig)# gur# za#-hu#-um#
7. 1(asz)# 2(barig)# 3(ban2)# gur# u3#-ma#-ni
8. 1(u)# 2(asz)# 3(ban2)# gur# ki# bi#-tum#-ta
9. 1(asz)# 1(barig)# 3(ban2)# gur# giri3#-ni#-zi#-zi
10. iti# szu#-numun#-na#
11. 1(asz)# 1(barig)# 4(ban2)# gur# iti# kin#-{d#}inanna#
12. 1(asz)# 3(ban2)# gur# iti# babbar2-sze3 [...]
13. 1(asz)# 3(ban2)# gur# masz# 8(disz)# sila3# sze# x
14. iti#? x x x
15. n ziz2# gur#? zi#?-a#-ki#-sze3
16. lugal#-[x]-sag#? ki#-us2 e2-duru5
17. iti# udru#{duru5#}
18. 3(barig) ziz2# x x
19. 1(asz) ziz2# gur# x-{d}x
20. 1(asz) ziz2# gur# lu2#-x-x
21. 3(barig) ziz2# x-{d}esz-hi#-x KA PI-sze3
22. iti sze-sag11-ku5
23. 1(asz) ziz2 gug-ga-nu2 {d}nusku
column 2
1. [...]-x
  blank space
2. szunigin 6(gesz2) 3(u) 8(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 sze gur#
3. szunigin 9(gesz2) 5(u) n(asz) 4(barig) n(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 ziz2 gur#
4. zi-ga-am3#
5. iti gu4-si-su-ta#
6. iti bara2-za3-gar#-ra#-sze3#
7. mu {d}szu-{d#}suen# lugal# uri5#{ki#}-ke4# [ma]-da# za-ab-sza#-li#{ki} mu-hul#
  blank space

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Administrative (Account of expenditures of corn & wheat; (Obv)(i)9x(ii)8x(Rev)(iii)24x(iv)11 lines)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: BE 3/1, 117

    [Myhrman1910BE3/1] Myhrman, David W. 1910. Sumerian Administrative Documents, Dated in the Reigns of the Kings of the Second Dynasty of Ur, from the Temple Archives of Nippur, Preserved in Philadelphia. The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania. Series A: Cuneiform Texts, Volume 3, Part 1. Philadelphia: Department of Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 11659
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.06.02.00, Šū-Suen.06.04.00, Šū-Suen.06.06.00, Šū-Suen.06.11.00, Šū-Suen.06.12.00, Šū-Suen.07.01.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:52:13 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:24:45 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:08:50 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:16:54 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“BE 03/1, 117 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P105669.
BE 03/1, 117 artifact entry (No. P105669). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P105669 (Original work published 2001)
BE 03/1, 117 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P105669 (Accessed: April 26, 2024).
@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 03/1, 117 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P105669},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P105669},
}


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